What is the difference between Total Annual Gallons Purchased and Total Annual Gallons Withdrawn?
Purchased water is the amount of water your facility buys from another facility. Withdrawn water is water your facility gets from its own wells or surface water sources. SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 18. As an operator, I know how much water is withdrawn from our wells and intakes. How do I figure things like population, residential and commercial services, and residential and commercial quantities? Often the billing department of your facility will have figures for population within and outside city limits, as well as the breakdown of services and quantities. SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 19. We have a master meter that tells us the total amount of gallons withdrawn, but we do not have exact measurements of the amount from each source. How should we report the amount from different sources? If your wells or other sources alternate consistently, simply divide the total amount by the number of active sources. If you know the percentage output from the sources, take the percentage of the total amount and report
